"Falling Into The 'Hot' Trap," a review of ABC's reality TV series "Are You Hot?" Discusses how the show is mentally, physically, and monetarily destructive to young women.

The reality television series, "Are You Hot? The Search For America's Sexiest People" is shallow and dangerous. The whole idea of this eye-candy-fest is to find the two newest "sex symbols" in America, with the only criteria being how "hot" they look. From four different regions of the country called "hot-zones," [Are You Hot] every narcissist in America gathers together to be evaluated in front of three judges on their body, face, and sex appeal. …

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